Elected police commissioner plan will cost £130 million

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The commissioner’s basic duties include publishing a police and crime planTim Ockenden/PA

Richard FordHome Correspondent

Last updated at 1:41PM, December 1 2010

Plans to introduce locally elected police commissioners to oversee forces in
England and Wales could cost more than £130m to set up and run in the first
year, the Home Office disclosed today.

The new role of commissioner could attract an annual salary of around £120,000
but the figure could be higher in big police force areas.

Theresa May, the Home Secretary, outlined plans for the biggest reform of
policing in 50 years as the Home Office published a Bill to create directly
elected commissioners and bring in measures to curb 24-hour drinking.